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Bamboo

Bamboo is a flowering plant and the largest member of the grass family. This hollow plant is one of the fastest growing plant species in the world, and serves important cultural and economic roles in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia thanks to its versatility as a building material and as a food source.

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Where bamboo plants grow?

Bamboo is a tribe of flowering perennial evergreen plants. Bamboos are some of the fastest growing plants in the world, with the species being found in diverse climates, from cold mountains to hot tropical ranges.

How are bamboo and moss alike?

how are bamboos and mosses alike.

Is bamboo a weed?

It's not so much a weed killer as a killer weed! Many people consider bamboo to be a weed -- a noxious weed! When introduced into habitats to which it is not native, it quickly spreads, frequently in uncontrolled fashion, choking out native plants, including the desirable ones.

What soil to use for bamboo?

Bamboo will grow in poor soils, but not in constant wet, boggy or extremely dry conditions.

How thick is bamboo?

the average weight of a bamboo is about 132lbs

What is a bamboo thicket?

It is multiple bamboo shoots growing thickly (very close together) where it is difficult to walk through because of the density per area of the bamboo shoots.

Does pandas just eat bamboo?

The Red Panda, despite having a digestive system more suited to a carnivorous diet, subsists primarily on bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive.

What countries do bamboo shoots grow in?

Most of Asia like China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand etc.

What is the sientific name for bamboo plant?

There are are actually many different kinds of bamboo. Bamboo is in the true grass family, Poaceae.

How many bamboo forests are there in china?

China has 195 million hectares with forests covering 61 million hectors

How do bamboo adapt to it environment?

Tigers are warm blooded so they can live in many kinds of habitats. It's body coverings help it grow and survive. They are good at hunting and it's fur can help it blend in with grass to ambush prey. There are many animals that tigers can take down like bears, crocodiles, hyenas, water buffalo, pythons, that is only some. They have accurate hearing and can walk quietly. Also have powerful backbones, capable of long jumping distances, powerful jaws, and powerful claws to help hold on a prey.

What does a greater bamboo lemur eat?

who knows it is so hard to find out im doing a report so...

Does bamboo have leaves?

Im pretty sure that they could grow on them. As of a matter of fact yes they do my Aunt has tons of bamboo in her house and they have leaves

Is a bamboo a soft stem plant?

actually a bamboo has a pretty hard stem but if you compare it to an oak tree then i guess u could consider it softer.

therefore, i THINK it is a soft stem plant =S

Why is bamboo disappearing from the jungle?

because bamboos are hugely used in paper processing.

Where can you find bamboo?

Bamboo is naturally distributed in the tropical and subtropical belt between approximately 46° north and 47° south latitude, and is commonly found in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Some species may also grow successfully in mild temperate zones in Europe and North America.

Are bamboos deciduous?

yes, a lot of the bamboo is grown in China but you can basically grow it anywhere

What do humans use bamboo for?

Bamboo is a grass that grows in the tropics and rain forests. Unlike grass that we are familiar with on our lawns, Bamboo produces large, lightweight, wood-like, flexible hollow stalks that can grow as much as 42 inches in 24 hours. These stalks typically grow from a centimeter in diameter to as much as 4-6 inches in diameter, and because of their strength and flexibility, they are useful for making many things from fishing poles to furniture and simple huts.

Is bamboo a grass or a wood?

Bamboo is indeed a grass plant. It belongs to the Family Poacea where all other grasses belong.

What is bamboo made of?

There has been a houses built from bamboo in a lot of places including East Asia. Humans can make musical instruments, baskets, water filters, paper, or other artistic materials. There has been other extraordinary inventions like a bicycle made out of bamboo.

What pandas eat if they run out of bamboo?

The food chain will go out of balance and bamboo would increase. China would look bad as their icon would have been destroyed by their own selfish greed and there would be not cute black and white teddy bears to hug.

How do you kill bamboo?

Place them in direct sunlight, in a window sill. They are delicate and can't take the direct light. They require being in a portion of a room that has no sun shining on it at all. (Indirect light)

Is bamboo poisonous?

There are many plants toxic to cats. Below is just a few sites that list toxic plants.

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-cats.html

http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

http://www.sniksnak.com/plants-toxic.html

http://cats.about.com/od/catsafety/ss/toxicplants.htm